Editorial

Organ trafficking claims a life yet againUp until 2007 Pakistan was considered one of the premier destinations in the world for procuring a kidney illegally due to the absence of any law restr

Spin and realityDespite sharp difference between the US and India on trade issues, President Trump considers PM Narendra Modi as a strategic ally while relations with Pakistan are seen importa

Accurate or not, Bilawal’s remarks signal the end of cooperationPPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has said that PML-N supreme leader Mian Nawaz Sharif too had been a ‘selected’ Prime M

Deaths in Iran show lack of readinessThe recent deaths in Iran from the coronavirus has caused panic in neighbouring Balochistan, giving rise to the fear that the coronavirus may spread to Pak

An exercise in unaffordable populismPrime Minister Imran Khan is caught between two stools. As a staunch admirer of Ayub Khan’s economic model, based on the trickle-down theory, he has consi

Hopefully yesA ‘partial truce’ has been reached between US forces and the Afghan Taliban for a week long “reduction in violence” guaranteeing that there will be no ‘major offensive o

PTI govt throws AGP  under the busOn Tuesday Attorney General Anwar Masood Khan made a statement before the full bench of the SC that was dubbed by the judges as “uncalled for” and “too

Buy only until JuneThe Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has put off putting Pakistan on its blacklist, but has retained it on its grey list, and will decide in June whether or not the countr

Waiting for the referee to raise finger?The media continues to broadcast live interviews with the people in the streets bitterly complaining of rising prices, unemployment, businesses closing

The momentum should continueThe holding of the PSL tournament in Pakistan should have been a matter of routine. However, the fact that it took until the fifth tournament to be held entirely at

Answers requiredFederal Interior Minister Ejaz Shah has confirmed that former Tehrik Taliban Pakistan spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan had indeed escaped, as he had claimed in an audio message recen

The government realises control is beyond itBy directing the Information Technology Ministry to take aboard stakeholders before implementing the social media rules recently approved by the fed